WHAT:
The Federal Trade Commission, in conjunction with 101 federal and state law enforcers, will announce “Operation Stop Scam Calls,” a joint-agency crackdown on telemarketers, lead generators, and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service providers responsible for making or facilitating billions of illegal telemarketing calls.
WHEN:
Tuesday, July 18, 10:30 am CDT (11:30 am EDT)
WHERE:
FTC Midwest Region Office
230 S. Dearborn Street, Room 3030
Chicago, Illinois 60604 WHO:
230 S. Dearborn Street, Room 3030
Chicago, Illinois 60604 WHO:
The FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection Director, Samuel Levine, will be joined by:
- Arun G. Rao, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Branch;
- Loyaan A. Egal, Chief of the Enforcement Bureau, Federal Communications Commission;
- Dave Yost, Ohio Attorney General; and
- Kwame Raoul, Illinois Attorney General.
Official news published at https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/07/ftc-federal-state-partners-announce-nationwide-robocall-telemarketing-enforcement-sweep-chicago-july